Projections, analyzes, prose from politicians, an incessant patter, no wonder that your head is buzzing in the newspaper office on election Sunday. As a sign of liberation, the sky opened all locks at night. On the way home, the A 94 motorway resembles a river landscape, the windshield wipers creak as if they were fighting for their lives.
If you leave the A 94 in the north, you have to cross the parallel railway line from Munich to Mühldorf. For example, near the village of Moosen Monastery, where a lonely country road has mutated into a motorway feeder. At this very moment, the barrier is lowering at the level crossing. No problem, it’s midnight and slumber music is playing on the car radio. The train has long passed, but the barrier does not move. The rain claps heavily against the windows, the lights blurring in the distance are reminiscent of the pictures of the photographer Stevie Casino, who captured the sadness of a rainy night like no other.
The barrier rests still and rigid. The wait reminds the driver of the fate of the surveyor K., invented by Franz Kafka, who desires entry to a castle in vain. How easy it is now to overlook the opening of the barrier because of the steamed-up windows. The surveyor missed his chance because he got very tired talking to an officer and fell asleep. Fright let up! Sleep crept up in the car too, how long did it stay there? The barrier is still closed. It’s getting close to 1 o’clock. One has experienced endless mishaps in a long rail commuter life. But even in a car, nobody is immune to the unpredictable nature of train travel.
Turn around, the last chance to avoid having to spend the night in front of a barrier in the expanse of the Isental. Don’t slide down the embankment when turning on the narrow street. Fate means well this time, so continue on the muddy roads to the east. The odyssey drags on until finally an unrestricted passage paves the way to freedom. The first early train to Munich will soon be rolling, and the barrier will lower again if it ever goes up. Question after question. The train announces that it will call you back. The wait never ends.